Taffy Notches Up New Latin American Deals

PARIS, July 8: Taffy Entertainment has increased its Latin
American presence, scoring deals on Code Lyoko, The Fantastic Four, Dive
Olly Dive! and Creepie with several broadcasters, via its agent in the
region, HOLA Entertainment.

The Fantastic Four,
an animated series based on the Marvel superheroes, has been picked up by Canal
7 Teletica in Costa Rica, TV6 in Trinidad and Ecuavisa in Ecuador. The show
also continues to air on Cartoon Network Latin America, TV Globo in Brazil and
TVN in Chile.

TV6 and Ecuavisa also acquired the 2-D/3-D CGI
action-adventure fantasy series Code Lyoko.
The show also airs on Jetix Latin America and TVN in Chile.

Other deals include Ecuador’s Tevecuador picking up the
children’s documentary series Insectoscope,
Ecuavisa’s acquisition of Dive Olly Dive!, and CBC Barbados picking up Dive Olly Dive! and Creepie.

Marie Conge, the senior VP of international sales at Taffy
Entertainment, said: “The Latin America market has been an area of tremendous
growth for us. Our partnership with HOLA Entertainment has already paid huge
dividends and we’re thrilled that broadcasters are responding to the
high-quality entertainment value in our programming. We are also confident
these shows will prove to be outstanding additions to the lineups for each
broadcaster.”

—By Jackie Stewart